| 100% | DESIRE | 6 | "...And humbler growths as moved with one ___..." (3rd line from a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 42% | ATTIRE | 6 | "...Put on, to welcome spring, their best ___..." (4th line from a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 34% | LILIES | 6 | "...And ___ face the March-winds in full blow..." (2nd line of a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 31% | HEAL | 4 | One can ___ (recover) from wounds and stress by taking up meditation as a hobby |
| 30% | THELOCUSTTREEINFLOWER | 21 | 1935 poem with one word per line ... as spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 29% | PRANCES | 7 | Moves with a spring in one's step |
| 28% | EPODE | 5 | Poem with one long line and one short line |
| 28% | SHOW | 4 | "Now when the primrose makes a splendid ___..." (start of a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 28% | ANGLER | 6 | One with a hook, line and sinker |
| 27% | CODES | 5 | Writes a script with lines and characters but no scenes |
| 27% | KHAN | 4 | "Kubla ___," poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge which is also subtitled as "A Vision in a Dream" |
| 27% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 26% | MOREPRECIOUSWAS | 15 | With 26-, 45- and 60-Across, a line by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| 26% | PAUSE | 5 | One can take a ___ (halt) from daily life by taking up meditation as a hobby |
| 26% | AESOP | 5 | A storyteller from ancient Greece, credited with writing 17-Across, 31-Across and 41-Across |
| 25% | RAVEN | 5 | "The ___," poem by Edgar Allan Poe with the line "...Merely this, and nothing more." |
| 25% | DRWHO | 5 | Sci-fi classic with a main character played by 14 men and one woman |
| 25% | ODE | 3 | Dedicated poem, as one written by Keats |
| 25% | JUMP | 4 | With 12-Across, a compilation album by The Rolling Stones ... and with 22-Across, a basketball move |
| 25% | WEEP | 4 | "Immortality," poem by Clare Harner with the line "Do not stand at my grave and ___" |
| 25% | LATTE | 5 | Coffee drink made by mixing espresso and steamed milk, with a name originating from Italian |
| 25% | JETE | 4 | Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other |
| 25% | PRANCES | 7 | Moves with a spring |
| 25% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ODES | 4 | Some poems written by Keats and Shelley |
| 25% | ODES | 4 | Many poems written by Keats and Shelley |
| 25% | TOERRISHUMAN | 12 | Start of a Pope line about fallibility ... as shown by 19-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across? |
| 25% | BONE | 4 | "___ Appetit!" invitation to a dinner party hosted by one dressed as a skeleton, with spooky wordplay |
| 25% | JOHNLITHGOW | 11 | "Dexter" actor who graduated with honors from Harvard as a History and Literature major: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ODE | 3 | Poem written as a tribute |